MID EAST GEO FEATURES

JORDAN RIVER

• 251 Km long
• Lies in between Israel and Jordan
• Important resource to dry lands
• Flows into Dead Sea

BLACK SEA

• Bounded by Europe, Anatolia, and the Caucasus.
• Covers an area of 436,400 km2.
• Constrained by the Pontic and Caucasus Mountains.
• Receives river water from large Eurasian Fluvial systems.

ELBURZ MOUNTAINS

• Stretches from borders of Azerbaijan to Armenia to Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
• Highest mountain in West Asia is located in the mountain range.
• Due to its snowy winters there are several ski resorts in the mountain range.
• In northern slopes there are lush mixed forests.

BAHRAIN

• 55km long by 18 km wide
• Oil found on Bahrain in 1932
• Climate is hot and dry during the summer
• Little to no rainfall during winter.
• Recorded maximum of 2.83 inches of rainfall.

TIGRIS RIVER

• One of two great rivers that define Mesopotamia.
• 1,850 km long
• Unites with Euphrates River near Basra.
• Flows 400 km through Turkey

PONTIC MOUNTAINS

• Range runs east to west
• Highest peak is 3,937 m high
• The north Anatolian fault and the north east Anatolian fault run along the range.
• He mountains are generally covered by dense forest.